- Aliases
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Sam Rivers
- Real name
- Samuel Carthorne Rivers
- Born
- September 25, 1923
- Died
- December 26, 2011
- Country
- United States
- IPI
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00077346846 5 works
- Affiliation
- BMI
- Comments
- Jazz multi-instrumentalist, including soprano and tenor saxophones, flute, bass clarinet and piano. Rivers gained fame in the mid-1960s as a free jazz player. He was also a composer.
- Member of
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Roots [US2]
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